ISBN: 1153822741

[EAN: 9781153822749], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], JOHN FROST,UNITED STATES, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 140 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic b… Altro …

[EAN: 9781153822749], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], JOHN FROST,UNITED STATES, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 140 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: . . . why the inhabitants of New Hampshire and Maine, rejecting the constitution which they had received from the royal commissioners, again solicited and were received into the rank of dependencies on its jurisdiction. All traces of the visitation of the commissioners having been thus effaced, and the apprehensions that their measures had excited, forgotten, the affairs of the New England colonies continued for several years to glide on in a course of silent but cheerful prosperity. The navigation act not being aided by the establishment of an efficient custom-. house, and depending for its execution upon officers annually elected by their own fellow-citizens, was completely disregarded. The people enjoyed a commerce practically unrestricted: a consequent increase of wealth was visible among the merchants and farmers, and habits of industry and economy continuing to prevail with unabated force, the plantations underwent a progressive improvement, and many new settlements arose. Theft was rare, and beggary unknown in New England. Josselyn, who returned about two years before this period, from his second visit to America, commends highly the beauty and agreeableness of the towns and villages of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the substantial structure and interior comfort of all the private dwellings. Nothing had contributed more to promote the commerce and security of New England, than the conquest of Nova Scotia by Cromwell; and the cession of this province by Charles II. to France, with limits so indefinite as to open a source of continued discord between the English colonists and their neighbours, was regarded as a most untoward circum240 POPULATION OF NEW ENGLAND. stance (1667). Agents had been sent to England to remonstrate against the grant; but in vain. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781153822749

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Altro …

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...why the inhabitants of New Hampshire and Maine, rejecting the constitution which they had received from the royal commissioners, again solicited and were received into the rank of dependencies on its jurisdiction. All traces of the visitation of the commissioners having been thus effaced, and the apprehensions that their measures had excited, forgotten, the affairs of the New England colonies continued for several years to glide on'' in a course of silent but cheerful prosperity. The navigation act not being aided by the establishment of an efficient custom-. house, and depending for its execution upon officers annually elected by their own fellow-citizens, was completely disregarded. The people enjoyed a commerce practically unrestricted: a consequent increase of wealth was visible among the merchants and farmers, and habits of industry and economy continuing to prevail with unabated force, the plantations underwent a progressive improvement, and many new settlements arose. Theft was rare, and beggary unknown in New England. Josselyn, who returned about two years before this period, from his second visit to America, commends highly the beauty and agreeableness of the towns and villages of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the substantial structure and interior comfort of all the private dwellings. Nothing had contributed more to promote the commerce and security of New England, than the conquest of Nova Scotia by Cromwell; and the cession of this province by Charles II. to France, with limits so indefinite as to open a source of continued discord between the English colonists and their neighbours, was regarded as a most untoward circum240 POPULATION OF NEW ENGLAND. stance (1667). Agents had been sent to England to remonstrate against the grant; but in vain... John Frost, Books, History, The pictorial history of the United States of America; from the discovery by the Northmen in the tenth century to the present time Books>History <